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hines Name Meaning and History

  1. Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hEidhin ‘descendant of Eidhin’, a personal name or byname of uncertain origin. It may be a derivative of eidhean ‘ivy’, or it may represent an altered form of the place name Aidhne. The principal family of this name is descended from Guaire of Aidhne, King of Connacht. From the 7th century for over a thousand years they were chiefs of a territory in County Galway.
  2. English: patronymic from Hine.
  3. Americanized spelling of German Heins or Heinz.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of hines Families in the US in 1920
Number of hines families
 327-651
 110-326		 1-109
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Hines, Beatrice Elizabeth (Tressie) annekumeh 0
Hines/Faubus/Fawbush YPSIGAL 0
Stephen B. Hines rzrbk81 0
John Hines & wife JWanell 0
Gantnier country of origin p.g.webb 2
Hines family in north carolina menelana 0
Hines family - Victoria, Australia caroledale 2
HINES Sandy 21
Re; Fred Hines FredHines20 0
Dock Hines (b. 1885 in NC), son of Washington Hines & Melissa Pennington eltonbingham 0
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